title: Direct and indirect symptom severity indicators of alcohol dependence and the personality concept of the biosocial model.
abstract: Temperament and character factors are strongly related to the developmental, clinical, and treatment aspects of alcohol dependence. This study had the aim of revealing the underlying personality structure and individual differences in the symptoms of alcohol dependence measured by multiple severity indicators. Patients with alcohol dependence exhibited higher levels of novelty seeking and harm avoidance, and lower levels of persistence, self-directedness, and cooperativeness. Especially novelty seeking was connected with more severe alcohol dependence. These characteristics could be useful targets of interventions and Temperament and Character Inventory is therefore a useful measurement to identify patients with more severe alcohol-related problems.
authors.affiliation: 1Department of Psychiatry, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.
authors.forename: Bálint
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Andó
authors.forename: Sándor
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Rózsa
authors.forename: Eszter
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Kurgyis
authors.forename: Andrea
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Szkaliczki
authors.forename: Ildikó
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Demeter
authors.forename: Petronella
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Szikszay
authors.forename: Zsolt
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Demetrovics
authors.forename: Zoltán
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Janka
authors.forename: Péter Z
authors.initials: PZ
authors.lastname: Álmos
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000437:Alcoholism / Q000145:classification / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010552:Personality Assessment; D012044:Regression Analysis; D012720:Severity of Illness Index; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires